Shirt



W* PARKER, JR

SHIRT Filed May 28, 1930 ATTORNEY Oct. 13, 1931.

Patented Oct. 13, 1931 v UNITED STATES WILLIAM PARKER, JR., or BEN AVON,l PENNSYLVANIA SHIRT .Application mea may 2s, '19301 serial No. 456,698.

This invention relates to improvements. in shirts, the general object of the invention ends of the collar band of the shirt for re- 5 ceiving a collar button so that the button is prevented from contacting the neck of the user and danger of the button dropping from the band is eliminated.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts,

to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be hado the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which 4Figure 1 is a view of the improved band for the shirt, with the parts slightly separated to show the construction of the band.

Y Figure 2is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

g Figure 3y is a sectionon line 3--3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of F igure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of a shirt with the improved band thereon.

As shown in these views, I form a pocket A at one of the front ends of the neckband B f of the shirt C, with the buttonhole D passing through one wall of the pocket so that when ya collar button is passed through the buttonhole, the base of the button will be located in the pocket so that said base cannot contact the neck of the user and danger of the button accidentally leaving the buttonhole is practically eliminated. The collar band is preferably formed as usual of the two folded strips 1 having their upper edges turned inwardly, as shown at 2, and sewn together by the stitching 3, with a short folded strip 4 placed between the central ortions of the strips l, with its upper edges olded and sewn between the upper edges of the strips l, as shown in Figures 1 and 3. This strip 4, when v VVVthe parts are sewn together, forms a pocket for the rear collar button which passes Athrough the buttonhole 5 formed in the outer I VVstrip 1.- v being to provide a pocket at one of the front n 4In carrying out my invention, 1 place a short folded strip 6 at the right hand end of the band between the strips 1 with its upper ends folded and sewn by the stitches '3 tothe upper edges 'of the strips 1, so that when the band is sewn to the shirt, as shown --at 7,' the pocket A is formed in the right end of the band to receive the base of the ycollar but-ton Vpassing through the buttonhole D.

f Asy shown in Figure 5, the stitches 7 fasten the lower edge of the small strip 6 tol the inner strip 1 of the band so that this strip 6, forms'theinner wall of the pocket, the

upocket A in this case being formed on the outside of the band. rIf desiredy the stripy 6 can be sewn tov theoutervstrip 1 of the band, but in this event, the buttonhole D must pass through the strip 6. Inthis case,

Ythe pocket A is formed on the inside of the band. VOf course, if desired, the Istrip 6 can be omitted and the pockety formedfeither on Ithe outside strip or the inside strip, depending on which is desired, by'sewing the shirt to either the inside strip or the outside strip when the band is sewn to the shirt. The omission of this strip cheapens construction, but it is preferable to use the strip, to give a neater appearance of the collar band when it is sewn to the shirt. The left buttonhole 8 is made as usual.

If the pocket A is to be formed on the outside of the band, the shirt should be placed between the inside strip 1 and the short strip 6 and these parts sewn together, whereas if the pocket is to be formed on the inside of the band, the shirt should be placed between the outside strip 1 and the short strip 6 and these sewn together.

The pocket can also be formed at the top of the band at the right end of the collar band by leaving the opening at the top of the band when the collar is made, in a similar manner to that at the bottom, with the buttonhole on the outside strip of the band. However, when this construction is used, the strips of the collar band are sewn together at the bottom when the band is sewn to the shirt,

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` thus leaving the opening through which the Y collar button is placed in the pocket at the top of the band. Y j Y Itis thought from they foregoing description that the advantages land novel features of theinvention will be readily apparent. Itis to be understood vthat changes may he made in the,constructionanddnwthecOm 3 v bination and arrangement of the several t n u parts, provided that'such changes fall K I 't Vin the scope of theappnded Claim. v

' What I claim is Y A shirt band consisting of inner and outer j; strips each folded upon itself to provide close- Y K4 i. p L ly related Walls with soine of their edges fld- A fedback uponI themselves t'o provideattach-V ing portions and said attaching portions enf, -ygagingthe inner-Walls of the respective strips,v y* Y .althjird stripgfolded'upon itselfto provide i closely-vrelatedwalls with someoftheiredges t "V l folded upon themselves and in opposite direcations to providejattaching portions engagingv 1 between tliejrst named attaching portions with the third strip positioned between said '1 25*y inner and outerstrips and extending from one t Y v end of the latter to a point adjacent the other 3nd, stitching securing said attaching portions together, said inner and outer strips adjaf cent one end having aligned slots andstitched -it0geth1eraboutfsaid slots'to .provide an end j .f

,buttonhole, saidouter stripadjacent the end f e remote to'gsaid buttonhole and at a point. intermediatetheends thereof .providedvvith slots" to forinanotherend buttonhole anda backwbuttonhol@ said .third strip 'overlying t 1 Y thelast named end buttonhole and the back e lhuttonholeto prevent collar buttons when v vinserted therethroughfroin contactingtwith vthe neel; of aperson.` Y

WrLLIAM vPARK-11R, JR.; 

